Examples of “poker” in a Sentence

noun A metal rod used to stir and adjust burning coals or logs in a fire.

• Please use the poker to push the logs back into the middle of the fire.
• The brass poker hung beside the fireplace next to a small shovel.
• He jabbed at the embers with a poker.

noun A card game in which players bet on the strength of their hands.

• My uncle taught me how to play poker on a rainy holiday.
• Do you want to join our weekly poker night at Sam's house?
• They played poker until 2 a.m., betting matchsticks instead of cash.